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Way, way too much monkey motion.
Here are the first two assignment of errors:

1) Temperment of a colony has no bearing upon acceptance of a new queen. (Dr. Dewey Caron, Dr. Ramesh Sagili)
2)...

Vanderpool Farms, L.L.C., Salem Oregon is very proud of the fact that they never purchaced, or had a need to purchace offshore packages ever.
We always make sure to have a good supply of strong,...

Honeybees do many things remarkably good. Amazingly good!!
However, one of the things that they do very well is die.
Bees have a million and one goofy ways to die.
But thank heavens for that. If...

Yes. He is a prolific writer, great conference speaker AND a great beekeeper!
Definitely and thankfully NOT a connoisseur of the cockamamie.
:D

And lots of guys that treat are doing a whole lot better.
30% is totally unacceptable.
30% 0f 1800 is 540 hives that you are proud to lose every year?
That is $81,000.00 of lost revenue in almonds...

OR that the tf beekeepers primary income is derived from books and speaking fees, or.........

Real beekeepers, that are results oriented do.
Sadly, there are those that only feel comfortable doing right by there bees only when no one is looking.
BUT WAIT!! They don't treat; they dont...

Me too.
Oh wait, you were talking about beekeepers; right?
:)

I'm in total agreement with Jim.
I would add that after all these years of practice, if beekeepers don't have a handle on managing mite populations, they are REALLY SLOW LEARNERS!
As for selecting...

........unless you drive south across the big bridge where they are really Really, REALLY good!
:D

I think that rule #1 sould be that stolen hive threads could only be started in 1st person.
If the individual is not a member of Beesource, then they would need to sign up and post about stolen...

Excellent summation, Jim.
I concour!
:-)

I'm with Ian.
Grow your operation along with your skills.
I did the same thing, doubling every year until common sense told me to start reducing the rate each year.
The MOST IMPORTANT thing that I...

So I have read down the answers to this thread and have one comment:
No wonder our national "winter losses" are where they are.
WOW!!!
We use Fumigillian as directed in spring and fall.
When your...

Mike, there is nothing crazy about your question at all.
Telescopic lids with inner covers are the way to go in a smaller operation hands down.
If I could, all of our hives would have inner and...

Larry, now THAT was funny!
:)

I have Country Mutual "Agri-Plus" whole farm insurance.
This covers home, shops, tractors, livestock, liability, EVERYTHING.
With them, you declare the value of certain items like beehives and your...

It all gets down to personal responsibility.
When I have hive losses, they are my fault, PERIOD!
There is a real refreshing and liberating freedom that comes from shedding the blame game and...

One thing that I have done and would never consider otherwise:
Once my parts are all cut out, I lay 2 x 4s out on the floor and prime all of the parts individually. Set them on the 2x4s to dry....

That comment ruined my entire day.
I don't know about the rest of the guys but I resent being called old.
;)

Keith, will you skoot over just a bit please?
Not sure if it's the tire chains or what but something just WHACKED me upside the head.
:O

Exactly one hive more than you. One employee more than you.
Thats my standard answer to those questions when they magiclly appear in these discussions.
That way, no one can use my answer to fall...

So many good responses, all very different but point clearly to the fact that over wintering surveys say NOTHING OF VALUE!
Eastside's bees were all perfect and a bear wiped them out. Come...

This is a very important issue that I wish we could standardize as an industry.
Every year I am subjected to at least 4 surveys that include questions about winter losses.
There is all together WAY...

The 2013 WAS conference will be
held in Santa Fe, New Mexico in mid
September.
More details will be posted as they become available.
Watch the up-coming issues of the
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